Audierne to Camaret
01 July 2011
Audierne to Camaret.
This is getting very predictable. We left Audierne on a beam reach, but round the first cardinal we were close hauled and then when we turned round the Pointe de Penmarc'h we were close hauled on the other tack. We had a slight hiccup when we failed to pick out a north cardinal against the dark cliffs, and mistook for it the next south cardinal which was missing its topmark, but we recognised our mistake in time. Auk, our companion for the last few days, a big wooden ketch, went miles out to sea on a close reach in order to come back through the Raz on one tack, succeeding beautifully, was whisked through the dodgy bit at 8 kn and arrived in Camaret an hour after us without having turned on his engine. We fed him a boat-cooked cassoulet to reward him, and it wasn't too bad, considering.
A brisk evening walk in hot sun and cold wind to a dolmen in the shape of a cross, the obligatory nightcap in the harbour bar, and we're reconciling ourselves to the end of a great trip, and psyching ourselves up for the Channel slog.